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Enormous Cracks In The Earth Are Appearing Globally: International News Blackout. Strange Sounds in the Sky. 10 Censored News Topics and Events. Pop Culture Censorship is the suppression of public communication that is considered to be objectionable, harmful or sensitive.

10 Censored News Topics and Events

Many different types of censorship exist, including moral, military, political, religious and corporate. Project Censored is a research group that tracks the news published in independent journals and newsletters. From these, they compile an annual list of 25 news stories of social significance that have been overlooked, under-reported or self-censored by the country’s major national news media. This year’s top three stories were Global Plans to Replace the Dollar, US Department of Defense is the Worst Polluter on the Planet and Internet Privacy and Personal Access at Risk.

Chiemgau Impact Crater On October 16, 2004, the journal Astronomy published an online article that discussed a new-found strewn field of impact craters in southeastern Bavaria, Germany. Top 10 Recent Cases of Strange Behavior. Weird Stuff Strange and bizarre news stories are fun to read.

Top 10 Recent Cases of Strange Behavior

10 Theories on the Sun Space and 2012. Space In the near future, Earth could be faced with the threat of severe atmospheric activity, including solar explosions, near Earth asteroids, and geological anomalies.

10 Theories on the Sun Space and 2012

The Earth is currently traveling through the geological epoch known as the Holocene period. An epoch is a subdivision of the geologic timescale that is based on the study of rock layering. The Holocene began approximately 12,000 years ago and was preceded by the Pleistocene. Top 10 Mysteries Surrounding Ancient Aliens. Mysteries Ancient aliens is the idea that aliens visited earth in the past.

Top 10 Mysteries Surrounding Ancient Aliens

The idea of ancient aliens is not a new one either. Imagination is one of the most powerful tools in humanity’s evolutionary struggle for survival. As a race, we are hardwired to consider important concepts, such as the creation of life on Earth and the history of people on this planet. Top 10 People Shrouded in Controversy. Mysteries Pejoratives are words or phrases that bring out contempt or distaste in the human psyche.

Top 10 People Shrouded in Controversy

The words elicit a specific emotional reaction in people. Some good examples include the words liberal, punk, hacker, fascist, extremist and conspiracy theorist. In the 20th century, the phrase conspiracy theory began to be used for any accusation that is fully unsupported by conclusive evidence and scientific fact. Top 10 Witnesses Who Died Suddenly. Crime A witness is someone who has firsthand knowledge about an event.

Top 10 Witnesses Who Died Suddenly

An expert witness is a person who, by virtue of education, training or experience, is believed to have expertise in a particular area. A different type of witness is an eyewitness, who is a person that saw a specific event first hand. A witness can be extremely important for court proceedings. They are vital for news articles that expose government secrets.

Witnessed Event: U.S. 10 More Conspiracy Theories. Mysteries Conspiracy theories – I can’t get enough of them!

10 More Conspiracy Theories

Fortunately there are so many floating about that we have been able to give you not one, not two, but now three lists of theories that many people believe with all their might. Be sure to read the earlier lists if you haven’t already and feel free to add any conspiracies missing from all three to the comments here. It makes the list because it appears in almost every alien or UFO conspiracy theory ever devised.

Top 10 Obscure Conspiracy Theories. Mysteries In the past we have published four complete lists of mainstream conspiracy theories – a subject which is always popular.

Top 10 Obscure Conspiracy Theories

This time we are adding a list of theories that are held by a much smaller number of people (which, fortunately for us, results in some slightly more bizarre ideas). Some Rastafarians maintain that a white racist patriarchy (“Babylon”) controls the world in order to oppress the African race. They believe that Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia did not die when it was reported in 1975, and that the racist, white media (again, “Babylon”) propagated that rumour in order to squash the Rastafari Movement and its message of overthrowing Babylon. Other Rastafarians, however, believe in peace and unity, and interpret Babylon as a metaphor for the established “system” that oppresses (or “downpresses,” in Rasta terminology) groups such as Africans and the world’s poor.

Martin Bormann (17 June 1900 – 2 May 1945?) 10 Long Awaited Conspiracy Theories. Weird Stuff This is our third place winner in the Listverse launch competition.

10 Long Awaited Conspiracy Theories

This list looks at 10 more conspiracy theories that may, or may not, link to various theories Listverse has already covered. By popular demand, here are 10 awesome examples of governmental cover-ups, global cataclysms on the verge of occurrence, and supernatural shenanigans that defy explanation. Read, if you dare, but keep an eye over your shoulder: Someone may be watching… Everyone knows about Earhart’s ill-fated voyage around the world.

No one ever saw her or Noonan again. The Black Hills Travel Blog. Paranoia strikes deep.

The Black Hills Travel Blog

Especially on the Internet. Case in point: Yahoo Answers. Someone in the office came across this thread dealing with “secret rooms” inside the heads of Mount Rushmore. “I seem to recall sometime in my past that I watched a program that showed ‘secret’ government room in at least one of the heads on Mount Rushmore. 10 More Fascinating Conspiracies. 10 More Mysterious Conspiracy Theories. Mysteries To date we have around seven conspiracy theory lists or lists containing entries related to such. This new list is a welcome addition as it has been some time since our last one and they are always extremely fascinating topics to read about.